Here are the 5 most interesting things we’ve found the JFK assassination files so far

Here are the 5 most interesting things we’ve found the JFK assassination files so far

On Thursday night, the American government released more than 2,800 documents pertaining to the 1963 assassination of American President John F. Kennedy.  These documents, which had been classified for the past 54 years, held the promise of revealing long withheld secrets about what served as perhaps the most historic American tragedy of the modern era […]

Air Force nuclear bombers placed on 24 hour alert? Not this time

Air Force nuclear bombers placed on 24 hour alert? Not this time

Reports have surfaced all over the internet claiming that the Pentagon has ordered the U.S. Air Force to place its nuclear capable B-52 bombers on a 24-hour alert status, indicating to some of the more conspiracy-minded social media pontificators that World War III is on the verge of commencing.  The truth, of course, is a […]

Navy SEAL recounts being shot during operation to find Bergdahl

Navy SEAL recounts being shot during operation to find Bergdahl

There is no longer a question as to the guilt of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.  The soldier who chose to walk off his post in Afghanistan and was subsequently captured by Taliban forces he may have been seeking in 2009 chose to plead guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy earlier this […]

South of Pyongyang: an American English teacher in South Korea

South of Pyongyang: an American English teacher in South Korea

The news rarely reports the comings and goings of ordinary people living regular lives, and yet it’s those people who make up the mass majority of the earth.  The farmer in north the northern Thai countryside, the truck driver in Cairo or the gas station attendant in Arizona–they are the fabric of society, subject to […]

Did North Korea just admit Kim’s been lying about their nukes?

Did North Korea just admit Kim’s been lying about their nukes?

Kim Jong un’s North Korean regime are no strangers to exaggeration when it comes to threats levied toward the United States and its allies.  In fact, up until recently, there were really only two things you could count on in terms of North Korean diplomacy: that they would offer up outlandish threats, and that the majority […]

FBI: murders and attacks on police officers spike in 2016

FBI: murders and attacks on police officers spike in 2016

Murders and attacks against law enforcement officers in the United States sharply increased in 2016, according to a report issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday. The annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) report showed that 118 officers were killed in the line of duty last year, 66 of which […]

Trump chooses not to recertify Iran nuclear deal, demands changes from Congress, allies

Trump chooses not to recertify Iran nuclear deal, demands changes from Congress, allies

In a speech that indicates the adoption of a more confrontational foreign policy with Iran, President Trump announced on Friday that he will not be recertifying the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, further hinting that he may choose to terminate it all together if his standards are not met. “History has shown that the longer we […]

Watch: South Korea joins US Navy in massive floating show of force

Watch: South Korea joins US Navy in massive floating show of force

As tensions continue to rise between the United States and Kim Jong un’s North Korean regime, war remains a distinct, though unlikely, possibility.  Open warfare on the Korean peninsula would spell disaster for many of the citizens living in South Korea, and could potential embroil the United States in yet another nation-building quagmire, once Kim was […]

New internet connection for North Korea as Russia and China continue to undermine US efforts

New internet connection for North Korea as Russia and China continue to undermine US efforts

It has been no secret that Russia and China have both worked diligently to present the façade of working toward a denuclearized Korean peninsula, while simultaneously bolstering support for Kim Jong un’s North Korean regime in the face of what both nations construe as American geopolitical bullying.  While both Russia and China likely do favor a […]

Mattis says Trump still backs diplomacy with NK, suggests keeping Iran nuclear agreement

Mattis says Trump still backs diplomacy with NK, suggests keeping Iran nuclear agreement

Despite his remarks on Twitter over the weekend, President Trump is still backing the pursuit of a diplomatic end to heightening tensions with Kim Jong un’s regime in North Korea, according to Secretary of Defense James Mattis. “President Trump’s guidance to both Secretary Tillerson and me has been very clear that we would pursue the diplomatic […]